Tag: judo

Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the gold medal on Friday in the women’s 57 kilogram judo division at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam. For Klimkait, it was her second grand slam title as she also won in Osaka, Japan on Read more

Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won her fourth career International Judo Federation grand slam gold medal on Saturday. Deguchi placed first at the 2020 Paris Grand Slam.It was one of two medals won by Canadians at the Paris Grand Slam Read more

Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the bronze medal at the 2019 Qingdao Masters on Thursday. While competing in the women’s 57 kilogram division, Klimkait won a bronze medal in a Masters Judo event for the second straight year as Read more

Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the bronze medal on Friday in the 2019 Osaka Grand Slam in judo. It was the second straight year that Klimkait won a medal in the Osaka Grand Slam, as she won gold last Read more

Canadians came away with two medals on Saturday at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Judo competition from the United Arab Emirates. Arthur Margelidon of Montreal, Quebec won a silver medal in the men’s 73 kilogram division and Shady El Read more

Two Canadian Olympic gold medalists will be inducted into the 2019 Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.In an announcement made on Monday, Simon Whitfield of Kingston, Ontario and Christine Girard of Elliot Lake, Ontario will be inducted at the CBC Glenn Read more

Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Antoine Valois-Fortier of Quebec City, Quebec has won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo. While competing in the men’s 81 kilogram weight class on Wednesday, Valois-Fortier won his third career medal Read more

Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta made Canadian judo history on Tuesday by becoming the first Canadian world champion in the history of the World Judo Championships. Deguchi won the gold medal in the women’s 57 kilogram division at the 2019 Read more

Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario and Shady El Nahas of Montreal, Quebec each won the gold medal this past weekend in the Zagreb Grand Prix Judo event from Croatia. Klimkait won the gold medal in the women’s 57 kilogram weight Read more

Kelita Zupancic of Whitby, Ontario won the bronze medal in the women’s 70 kilogram division at a Judo Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday. It was Zupancic’s 13th career Grand Prix medal. Zupancic now has one gold medal, four Read more